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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object inside the unnamed narrator's pocket does he keep patting as he approaches the hospital?
(a) A coin.
(b) A pill.
(c) A ring.
(d) A check.

2. How old is the unnamed narrator in narrative present?
(a) 42.
(b) 27.
(c) 38.
(d) 33.

3. The unnamed narrator recalls his class writing letters to which historical figure when he was 7 years old at Randolph Elementary School?
(a) Evel Knievel.
(b) Christa McAuliffe.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Baby Jessica.

4. How many months before the agent and the narrator's fancy dinner in Chelsea did the agent tell him she thought he could 'get a strong six-figure' advance based on a story" (3) he had written for the New Yorker?
(a) 12.
(b) A few.
(c) Two.
(d) Many.

5. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Josh in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?
(a) Alex.
(b) Dr. Andrews.
(c) David.
(d) Jon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The reader is reminded that the unnamed narrator had planned to use the name Mary in his novel to represent which of his real acquaintances?

2. Which creature is the focus of the book the unnamed narrator and Roberto plan to write together?

3. Roberto expresses a fear to the unnamed narrator about which person in his dreams coming to get him?

4. During the author's final walk with Liza before he must call the doctor to choose a form of sedation, the heat is described in what way?

5. At which grocery store does Alex insist on meeting the unnamed narrator so that she can buy a special kind of tea?

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